Visualization of Small Vessels by Micro–Computed Tomography Using Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles as a Novel Contrast Agent by Taku Goto, Ruriko Tanabe, Hirotoshi Shibuya, Masaru Tamura, Shintaro Nomura

“…Three-dimensionally reconstructed m-CT images in mice perfused with these contrast agents showed high resolution and accuracy in various organs without deformation or dilation of vessels. Vessels<20  μm in diameter were clearly visualized by m-CT, and capillaries of 4 μm in diameter were visualized by nano-CT. …”
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Comparison of Preoperative Imaging and FNAB Results with Postoperative Pathology Results in Patients Undergoing AUS/FLUS by Ferhat Demir, Oğuz Hançerlioğulları, Burak Uçaner, Mehmet Zeki Buldanlı, Murat Özkara

“…In malignant cases, the diameter of the dominant nodule was smaller, which was significant in terms of malignancy. …”
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Utility and clinical significance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for diagnosing lymphadenopathies in biliary tract cancer by Katsuhiko Sato, Minoru Shigekawa, Syuhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Matsumae, Yu Sato, Teppei Yoshioka, Takahiro Kodama, Hayato Hikita, Tomohide Tatsumi, Tetsuo Takehara

“…Lymph nodes with a short diameter over 10 mm and/or fluorodeoxyglucose uptake were considered FNA targets. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Lipase-producing Actinobacteria from the Lut Desert of Iran by Samira Abedi-Dolatabadi, Moj Khaleghi, Sedigheh Ghasemzadeh, Azadeh Lohrasbi-Nejad, Arastoo Badoei Delfard

“…Strain Ga7 had the largest clear zone with a diameter of 7 mm and lipase activity of 5.45×10 -7 µmol/min, making it the most promising potential lipase producer. …”
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Bio-Preparation of Iron Nano Fertilizers from Lemon Fruit Affected some of the Characters of Carrot plants (Daucus carota L.) by Laila Hefdah Allah Alansi, Najeeb M. Al-Magrebi Al-Magrebi

“…Nano-iron spraying was superior than to chelated iron in the concentration of iron (Fe), root length, root diameter, fresh weight, dry weight, and total dissolved solids (1059.22 ppm, 20.82 cm, 2.29 cm, 168.97 g, 18.37 g, and 9.91 %, respectively). …”
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Analysis on Rock Burst Risks and Prevention of a 54 m-Wide Coal Pillar for Roadway Protection in a Fully Mechanized Top-Coal Caving Face by Zhihua Li, Ke Yang, Jianshuai Ji, Biao Jiao, Xiaobing Tian

“…The working face adopts some local prevention technologies, such as pressure relief through presplitting blasting in roof, pressure relief through large-diameter pores in coal seam, coal seam water injection, pressure relief through large-diameter pores at bottom corners, and pressure relief through blasting at bottom corners. …”
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Impact of the Balloon Inflation Time and Pattern on the Coronary Stent Expansion by Jarosław Skowroński, Rafał Wolny, Jan Jastrzębski, Paweł Tyczyński, Karol Szlazak, Jerzy Pręgowski, Gary S. Mintz, Karolina Liżewska, Wojciech Świeszkowski, Zbigniew Chmielak, Adam Witkowski

“…Results. Both in-stent diameters and cross-section areas (CSA) of paired stents measured by OCT at all sequential time-points were significantly smaller compared to given manufacturers charts’ values (90% to 94% for diameters and 81% to 88% for CSA, p<0.05). …”
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Morphometric Effects of Testosterone Supplementation on Certain Extremity Bones in Young Swim-Trained Rats by Abdullah Kılcı, Sefa Lok

“…The length, corpus thickness, cortex cortical thickness and medulla diameter points of each bone were determined and the morphometric measurements were taken. …”
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Traditional Chinese medicine injections for heart failure: a protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Shanshan Lin, Qingyang Shi, Fengwen Yang, Xianliang Wang, Jingyuan Mao

“…The outcomes of interest include all-cause mortality, rehospitalisation rate, left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, left ventricular end-systolic diameter, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), N-terminal pro-BNP, cardiac output, stroke volume, 6 min walking distance and adverse events. …”
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Risk Factors for Contralateral Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Patients with Clinical Unilateral Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study by Liu Yihao, Li Shuo, Xi Pu, Wang Zipeng, Sun Hanlin, Chang Qungang, Wang Yongfei, Yin Detao

“…Furthermore, there was no statistical correlation between the diameter of the occult tumor and the four obtained variables. …”
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Multidetector-row Computed Tomography Analysis of the Radial Midpalmar Flap: A Retrospective Anatomical Study by Tien Linh Nguyen Doan, MD, PhD, Shimpei Ono, MD, PhD, Goh Akiyama, MD, PhD, Hoyu Cho, MD, Hiromitsu Hayashi, MD, PhD, Rei Ogawa, MD, PhD

“…The mean perforator diameter and length were 0.61 and 8.48 mm, respectively. …”
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Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Atrial Septal Aneurysm: A Prospective Case-Control Study by Ramazan Atak, Mehmet Ileri, Selcuk Ozturk, Ahmet Korkmaz, Ertan Yetkin

“…Ascending aorta diameter was higher in ASA patients compared to patients without ASA (44 ± 0.3, 41.5 ± 0.2, p=0.02). …”
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Effect of pore throats on the reservoir quality of tight sandstone: A case study of the Yanchang Formation in the Zhidan area, Ordos Basin by Wei Fanrong, Yan Xinzhi, Bai Yubin, Bai Yanjun, Zhou Kai

“…Large pore throats, which account for less than 15% of all pore throats, contribute more than 90% of the permeability, while pore throats less than 0.8 μm in diameter are major contributors to the reservoir space, and both the porosity and permeability decrease as the pore-throat diameter decreases.…”
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Trends in Air Pollutant Concentrations and the Impact of Meteorology in Shandong Province, Coastal China, during 2013–2019 by Na Zhao, Gang Wang, Guohao Li, Jianlei Lang

“…., sulfur dioxide [SO2], carbon monoxide [CO], particulate matter [PM] with an aerodynamic diameter of < 10 µm [PM10], PM with an aerodynamic diameter of < 2.5 µm [PM2.5], nitrogen dioxide [NO2], and ozone [O3]) were analyzed for the period of 2013–2019, when overall emissions of air pollutants decreased, and the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF/Chem) was applied to evaluate the role of inter-annual and seasonal meteorological changes. …”
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Construction and Application of a New Type of Foam Separation Equipment with the Hollow Octagonal Prismoid with Sieve Tray Inner Component by Jingli XUE, Sihan FANG, Cailiang ZHANG, Juan HAN, Jiacong WU, Lei WANG, Yun WANG

“…The effects of structural parameters of the internal component (number, spacing, and pore diameter) and operational parameters of the foam separation experiment (temperature, initial protein concentration, gas flow rate, and liquid loading volume) on the enrichment ratio and recovery rate of GLEGB were investigated. …”
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The impact of application acellular bovine pericardium supported with autogenous platelet-rich fibrin for cystoplasty in dogs: Histopathological assessments by Sohaib M. Amer, Fouad M. Mohammed

“…In G1, acellular bovine pericardium (ABP), a circular defect about 3cm in diameter will be created on the dorsal part of the urinary bladder then the site of operation wrapped completely with 4 cm in diameter of acellular bovine pericardium, whereas in G2, acellular bovine pericardium with platelet-rich fibrin (ABP+PRF) group the site of cystoplasty was reinforced with platelet-rich fibrin. …”
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IMPACT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID AND BORON TRIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOLIAR SPRAYING ON GROWTH, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF "ZAGHINIA" APRICOT TREES by A. M. I. Al-Janabi

“…While the treatment (GA3 at 25 mg L-1 + Nano-boron at 20 mg L-1) gave the highest shoot diameter (5.06 mm), and lowest acidity (0.81%). On the other hand, the control treatment recorded the lowest values, amounting to (26.61 cm, 4.91 mm, 34.11 mg 100 g-1 fresh weight, 39.27%, 30.19%, 8.56 kg tree-1, 17.92 g, 25.81 cm3, 13.53%, and 0.106 mg 100 g-1) for the traits length and diameter of annual shoots, chlorophyll content, fruit set and retention, total yield, fruit weight and volume, TSS, and carotene content respectively…”
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Pengaruh Hiperglikemia terhadap Gambaran Histopatologis Glomerulus Mencit (Mus musculus Linn) yang Diinduksi Aloksan by Melati Setia Ningsih, Eryati Darwin, Erlina Rustam

“…Pada hari ke-14 dilakukan terminasi. Diameter, keliling dan luas glomerulus pada kelompok perlakuan (P1) meningkat dibanding kelompok kontrol K (p&lt; 0,05). …”
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Structural and dynamic changes in mixed forests of beech and fir on Mt. Goč by Snežana Obradović, Damjan Pantić, Milan Medarević, Biljana Šljukić, Biljana Pešić

“…A relatively large number of trees per hectare and the described distribution by diameter classes have resulted in the high values of basal area and stand volume. …”
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Comparison of methods for calculation of hydraulic characteristics of flow in non-pressure pipelines by A. L. Zuykov, N. T. Dzhumagulova, Abdulameer Layth Saeed Abdulameer

“…The results of the experiment, SewerCAD programme and traditional method of velocity calculation at different flow rates for non-pressure polyethylene pipes with a diameter of 100 mm with a pipeline filling from 0.1 to 0.8 are presented.Conclusions. …”
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